Beehives: Boosting European Exchange in HVET and Employment Involvement in Education Structures [Erasmus + Project] Nick Davy, Association of Colleges (England) and Bittor Arias, Basque Centre of Research and Applied Innovation in VET Chain 5 Annual Conference, Brussels, March 2018
Beehives: Policy Context Lisbon strategy: HE institutions must consider the employability of their graduates, equip them with the skills for public and private sectors, and ensure that the unemployed can improve their skills for work. (2000) EU Modernisation Agenda for Higher Education: reform of HE to meet the requirements of the labour market with emphasis on relevant skills, qualifications and graduates employability. A problem lies in the lack of a strong cooperation, understanding and interaction between HE institutions and businesses. (2011) Higher education should also allow students to acquire skills and experiences through activities based around real-world problems, include work-based learning and, where possible, offer international mobility. Cooperation with employers can allow HEIs to increase the relevance of their curricula and deliver them effectively, and increase opportunities for students to access high quality work-based learning. (update-2017) Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Strategic Partnership Triangle Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Project Focus ➢ BEEHiVES will work at the boundaries between traditional HE, PHE and HVET – and aims to equip educational institutions offering EQF-level 5 qualifications and above the tools and measures to improve employer involvement in all program development processes ; ➢ Hence BEEHIVES will focus on a specific relation and interaction between PHE/HVET institutions, employers/labour market and students within the “strategic (partnership) triangle” Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Aims/Project Website ➢ Develop a series of tools and measures collected in a web-based “Strategy Matrix Toolbox” ➢ Ensure that the three apexes of the strategic partnership triangle are able to collaborate more productively and ➢ Improve student retention and increase post-graduation employability. ➢ https://beehives.de – HVET/PHE Country Reports available Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Partners • Basque: TKNIKA, H/VET Development and Innovation Agency • England: Association of Colleges • Belgium: University College, Antwerp • Germany: Dual University, Baden Wurttemberg • Czech Republic: Association of HE institutes • Denmark: Covered by EURASHE • Knowledge Information Centre, Malta: Quality Assurance and Development/Dissemination Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Development and Research process 1. HVET/PHE Country Reports, including focus groups with the three strategic stakeholders (students, employers and providers) and qualification/programme information guidance notes; 2. From these reports developed a ‘strategic matrix’ questionnaire with 300 + stakeholders across the 5 countries; 3. Responses analysed, summarized and verified by country; 4. Good practices identified to enter final toolkit on a scoreboard basis, allowing for self-assessment. Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Country Title of the qualification Overview of the qualification EQF-level, National qualification level, ISCED level Number of credit points (eg ECTS) Examples of programmes Minimum entry requirements Institutions (types of providers, number of institutions- if known) Programmes (subject areas, number of programmes- if known ) Funding (and any differences between funding of provision at public and private institutions) Law (General laws that apply to the qualification) Quality Assurance and Accreditation (General overview) Involvement of students Law Key national actors/agencies Curriculum design Accreditation/validation, Ongoing quality assurance Involvement of Employers Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Strategic Matrix – Themes Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Basic Fragmented Proactive Dynamic Joint collaboration A strategic planing with Not at all Ad-hoc Activity based planning regular follow-up Shared with defined rhythm+ Strategic Aim & Sharing specific goal and No sharing Ad-hoc in-person meetings + Core Objectiives objectives (strategic roadmap) DNA of Strategic Collaboration No template, rely on A collaboration format with Agreement No template handshakes or contracts based A basic template policies that regulates all on specific deals aspects of the relationship A process that generate lots of Some structure, give some but Leads Do not give Ad-hoc, no structure leads to others and that do not measure outcome measures success Reactive, ad-hoc Reactive, only tell when Fully integrated Marketing National or regional messaging/campaigns + basic No people ask or when an within Partner Circles – One messaging recognition of partners and opportunity occurs Effort capabilities Use partnering to gain access Strategically use partnering for Geography Only in the same city Only in the same city to local partners and other broader geographical coverage regions in the country in to the region Pre-defined rate of geust Rare use of staff Rationalized + Integrated Partner on a case by case basis lecturers for sharing prcaticial Resource Utilization exchnage / guest Resource Planning covering when there are opportunities experience resources + Access lecturers multiple Competencies to pratcial knowledge Do 1:1 meetings with partners Proactive measure partner Take both collective and to understand their needs and satisfaction and actively Partner Relationship Not at all individual responsibility for expectations and define collect references for your managing partner relationship different partner engagements circle of trust Individual and single Multi year collaboration plan Readiness and partnership management on Joint strategic initiatives in together with multiple partners No Readiness or strategic Planing [applies to faculty Section management, overlapping areas and joint - using strength in combined plan / roadmap for formal strategic ad hoc based and mutual planning aiming to achive advanced certifications in collaboration partner programs] interest based on single common agreed goals order to improve employability opportunity of students Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Partnership Model B Collaboration (level 1) Strategic Alliance/Joint Corporate Integration Activities (L2) (L3) No permanent organizational Commitment to future Joint and regular curriculum commitment development Decision-making remains with Decision-making shared Decision-making transferred and individual organization regulated Legal policies/Joint committees Transactional? Transformational? Autonomy maintained No change to corporate structure Potential for structural change but some integration Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
Beehives: Emerging ‘good practices’/England ✓ Work-based Projects based on real work based practices (s) ✓ Visits/Tours of employer premises (s) ✓ Work Experience - all types (s) ✓ Careers Advice directly from Employers (s) ✓ Establishing structures to maximise provider/employer/student strategic partnerships (p) ✓ Live assignment/assessment briefs (p) ✓ Organising Provider-based Employer Liaison Days/Weeks (p) ✓ Developing Higher Apprenticeships (p) Event name, Presenter name, Date, Location, Website
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